Amusement device.



No. 783,214. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905. F. B. METZGER.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.12, 1903.

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BAYONNE, NEWV JERSEY.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 783,214, dated February21, 1905.

Application filed September 1 1'0 (Ll/l, whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANK B. Mn'rzeaa, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices,of which the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to amusement devices of the class known asshadowgraphs, by which the image of animals may be cast on a wall,screen, or other receiver by means of the aid of an artificial light;and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this classwhich is simple in construction and operation and comparativelyinexpensive and which is designed to amuse both old and young.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, in which Figure 1 is a view of one side of myimproved shadowgraph and showing the method of operating the same; Fig.2, a view of one side of a detail thereof, and Fig. 3 a View of thereverse side of the shadowgraph shown in Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention I provide a plate or board a, which iscomposed of cardboard or any other suitable thin material and providedwith a central opening a which is preferably circular in form and intowhich from one side thereof projects a radially-arranged member 6, thefront side of which is printed or painted to represent the human hands,said hands and the fingers and thumbs thereof being in the position toform the shadow or representation of the head of a hound, in whichposition the thumbs 6 represent the ears, the central part b of one handthe head of the hound, and the third and fourth fingers b" and b theupper jaw, which is designated as a whole by the reference character b.

Pivoted to the back of the plate or board a at 0 is an elbow-shapedmember (Z, provided wit an arm (Z and a shank (Z which shank 2,1903.Serial No. 172.864.

passes through a slot 0 in the plate or board a and is provided with athumb or finger piece d, while the arm (Z projects forwardly and isprovided with two fingers (Z and d. A keeper f is also preferablysecured to the back of the plate or board or to the head memberbthereof, through which the arm 6Z2 passes, and in the position of theparts shown in Fig. 1 the finger d forms the lower jaw of the head ofthe hound and the finger d is concealed; but in the position of theparts shown in Fig. 3 the finger cl forms the tongue of the hound.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have shown at g an artificial light and haveindicated at it a wall, screen, or other receiver' on which an image maybe thrown, and in practice the plate or board a is held, as shown inFig. 1, between the light and the wall or screen, and in the position ofthe parts shown in Fig. 1 the image of the head of the hound will bethrown on the wall or screen, as shown by the shade or shaded lines 2',and in order to show the mouth of the hound open and the tongue thethumb or finger is placed on the piece cZ of the movable member d andthe fingers (Z and d are depressed, as indicated in full lines in Fig. 3and in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Any other animal or the image thereof maybe produced in'the same manner, all that is necessary being to changethe form of the part b and the movable part d. If it is desired toillustrate or produce the image of an elephant or an elephants head, themain part 7) within the opening a will be so formed as to represent thehead of an elephant, while the movable part (Z will be formed torepresent the trunk. If it is desired to represent or form the image ofthe head of a mule, corresponding changes will be made in the part I),while the part cl will be formed to represent the ears, and in thismanner the image or representation of any desired animal maybe cast upona wall, screen, or other receiver in the manner herein described.

In practice the front side of the plate or board a is preferablyprovided with pictures of various animals, as shown in Fig. 1; but thisis immaterial and forms no part of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters member with a thumb and finger piece which Patent, isprojects therethrough, and whereby said movr I A device of the classdescribed, comprising able member may be operated, substantially 5; aplate or board having a large central openas shown and described. 5 ingand with one side of which is connected In testimony that I claim theforegoing as a stationary member which projects into said my invention Ihave signed my name, in presopening and is shaped to represent part ofan ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 11th animal, and a movablemember pivoted to the day of September, 1903.

back of said plate or board and representing FRANK B. METZGER. 10another part of said animal and also project- Witnesses:

ing into said opening, said plate or board be- F. A. STEWART,

ing provided with a slot and said movable C. J. KLEIN.

